Oosh

Raron god of salt

Oosh is the god of salt, one of the three Raron elements, with the other two being water (the god Aÿ) and air (the god Roosaaf). While the other two gods are elemental deities and respected by the Raron people, Oosh is a favorite and common household deity to pray to. Even young children sing songs in his honor before they attend their first sacrifices in his name.

Divine Domains

Oosh has dominion over salt. In myth, salt is synonymous with substance. Life must have salt in order to survive. The idea comes from the richness of the salty lakes and oceans and all of their abundance, but also in the taste of body fluids. Salt is solidity and strength, mass, the resistance against gravity. Because salt is such a fundamental part of nature and is actively tangible, more so than the ideas of water or air, Oosh is the deity whom many believers go to first when it comes to matters of life.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

The most common symbol of Oosh is the unyozeo, or salt snail. The snail only lives in the salty waters of Lake Raro and is thus synonymous with the water. The circular nature of the shell is accentuated, and is usually displayed with the zodiac or with the cyclical nature of his transformations.
Over time, the triangle became associated with Oosh, representing the three different forms he takes as well as the three elements.

Tenets of Faith

Oosh believers adhere to the idea that there are three elements. Water and air must be balanced, and salt makes up the foundational element of the world. Salt is also a key component of magic, so faith in Oosh strengthens one's magical abilities.

Holidays

Oosh has many regular holidays. Whenever the smallest moon is full, people pray to him in gratitude for their bodies, family, and physical things in their life.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Oosh is a shapeshifter who takes many forms. Originally, his form was that of a Rarite without a tail, but over time when more Rarons were Sela, he began to adopt a Sela form without legs, only a tail. His Ildoar form has very large tusks and with a round snout rather than a tentacled star-like shape.

Identifying Characteristics

While shapechanging, Oosh maintains eyes that are clumps of salt.

Physical quirks

His eyes will dissolve in water, such as when Oosh cries, but the salt can be replenished.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Like the other elemental deities, Oosh has always existed as long as the world has existed. The idea of substance itself, required for existence, is within Oosh's domain.
To some, Oosh created the entire world by himself and the other two deities expanded upon that which he made, but to others he was created alongside the other two as the world created itself.

Gender Identity

Oosh is recognized as being a shavve and uses the pronouns he/him. There are other depictions of him as other genders as part of his ability to shapeshift, but he is still usually referred to with he/him pronouns.

Divine Classification

Elemental Deity

Pronouns

he/him